Chapter 13: He Is Exposed to a Most Perilous Incident in the Course of His Intrigue with the…

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌⁠He was rejoiced to find her so easily satisfied in such a momentous concern, for the principal aim of the intrigue was to make her necessary to his interested views, and even, if possible, an associate in the fraudulent plans he had projected upon her father; consequently he considered this relaxation in her virtue as an happy omen of his future success. All the obstacles to their mutual enjoyment